Robert henderson



(No Model.)

R.HENDERS-ON. ADVERTISING OR OTHER SIGN.

Patented Dec. 4, 1894.

-to project upwardly therefrom at an oblique angle, these posts being ofany suitable num- UNITED STATES ROBERT HENDERSON,

PATENT OEErcm OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING OR OTHER SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,226, dated December4, 1894.

Application filed August 9, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT HENDERSON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising or other Signs, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart thereof,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

This invention relates to advertising or other signs, and has for itsobject to provide means whereby the same may be readily and firmlysecured and supported at an oblique angle in order to be noticed andmore legibly read by passers-by, and to the end that the sign may not bedisplaced or blown down by the wind. Heretofore signs of this characterwhich have been mounted in fields or vacant lots have usually beenpartially sunk vertically in the ground, but where it hasbeen desired tosupport the same in an oblique position great diificulty has beenencountered in devising means for maintaining the same in the properposition and my invention is primarily designed to obviate thisdifficulty.

A further object of the invention is to devise such a sign as mayreadily, where but temporarily planted, be transported from place toplace without requiring the usual labor and exercise of skill inre-setting.

The invention consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of partswhereby the above mentioned and other desirable results are attained,and hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an end view of a signembodying my invention and supported upon a base-piece. Fig. 2 is a planview of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same.Fig. 4: is a vertical cross-section taken through the exact center of asign, the supports of which are driven directly into the ground withoutthe intervention of the base-piece.

In the practice of my invention I drive into the ground, as shown inFig.4, or secure to the base-piece A or other supporting bed, as inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, posts B, in such manner as fierial No. 519,822. (Nomodel.)

ber according to the length of that portion of the field which is to becovered. Upon these posts B I secure by any desired fastening asign-board 0, preferably rectangular in form, havinga longitudinalflange 0' upon the top thereof at the rear, which said flange rests uponthe upper surface of the posts to prevent any downward movement orsagging of the sign relatively to the posts, the said sign also havingend flanges O which are secured to the outer posts B. It will thus beseen that wind pressure on the rear of the sign board will tend to forcethe posts into the ground instead of lifting them out as is the case inthe ordinary construction, which action is due to the arrangement of thebraces at an acute angle to the posts, which said braces are securelyanchored to the rear stakes whose points tend in the direction of pull.On the other hand, as the wind presses against the face of the sign, itwill pass over and exert a downward pressure.

Appr'eciably behind each of the posts B I secure stakes D, in alignmentwith the said posts and ranging upwardlysubstantiallyparallel therewith,these stakes being similarly secured in the ground or to the base-pieceA. At one side of each of the stakes D is secured a strip or brace Eextending upwardly therefrom to the 'top of the sign-board G andinclined or beveled at the end to abut against the rear surface of thesame. The said ends of the braces E are also secured to one side of theposts D, the braces at each end, however, being slightly longer than theothers and secured to the ends of the sign-board 0 near the top thereofand to the side flanges C thereon. Similar but smaller braces E aresecured to the stakes D upon the side thereof opposite that to which thebraces E are fastened,-and slightlybelow the level of the same; and thesaid braces E project to or somewhat above the center of the signboard0, being beveled at their points of contact therewith, and are alsosecured to the posts B.

It is understood that where the posts and stakes are merely to be driveninto the ground, as is the simplest application of the device and theform which is used where the sign is intended to be permanent, the postsB and stakes D are sharpened or pointed at their lower ends as shown inFig. 4 in order to be more easily driven into the ground; but where thebase-piece A is employed the said ends stakes pointed, as in Fig. 4, andwhere the base-piece is employed to cut or saw off the x'said ends,thereby obviating the necessity of constructing separate forms of postsand stakes, I I I In practice'the Whole of the sign and its supports isconstructed of wood, but other material maybe employed, particularly forthe sign'board G, as'the same need only, if desired, be secured to theposts B through the flanges G and 0 this feature being an advantage ofmyinvention since thereby the face of the sign does not require to bedefaced by driving nails or other fasteningstherethrough.

I do not iconfinemyself to the exact formation of parts or constructionof details herein set forth and illustrated as the same may be changedor varied in many particulars. I I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and

Letters Patent, is-

A11 inclined sign comprising a series of posts secured into a horizontalsupport and desire to secure by I at an acute angle thereto, a boardlocated against the posts and'secured through the medium of alongitudinal flange resting on the upper ends of the posts and endflanges abutting the outermost posts throughout the width of the board aseries of stakes similarly secured to the support, parallel with theposts and within the: angle of their incline, a brace I securedto eachend stake and against the upper portion of its respective end ofthe'board and forming an acute angle therewith, similar braces in acommon plane secured each to one of the intermediate stakes and itsrespective post, and a final series of braces ina common planesecured'to the posts below the first series and to the stakes, at acuteangles to the former, whereby Wind pressure against the rear of theboard willtend to force the posts into the base and wind pressure on theface of the board will bear downwardly upon the posts and will passoverthe board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of August, 1894. I I II 7 ROBERT HENDERSON Vitnesses:

PERCY T. GRIFFITH, L. KAUFMAN.

